"Oh?"
Kizaru immediately squinted his eyes: "Ability user?"
His thoughts hadn't fully detached from the Pirate World. When he faced something he couldn't understand, he instinctively regarded it as a Devil Fruit user.
"In that case, sorry, this old man can only take it by force!"
Kizaru's hands emitted golden light, gathering Ame no Murakumo, and there was a faint black light stream coiling around it.
As an Admiral, he was naturally proficient in using Busoshoku Haki, and his mastery wasn't low, capable of perfect coating.
During the earlier contact, he instinctively thought the other party was also a Logia-type Devil Fruit user.
"Meow..."
The black cat beside them seemed disturbed by Kizaru. It opened one eye, revealing a dark blue vertical pupil, and meowed very dissatisfied as if giving a warning.
Kizaru ignored it.
'Just a cat, I'll consider you as air.'
*SWOOSH!*
Ame no Murakumo slashed toward the young man's head. At the same time, a large number of golden light bullets were showered toward the opponent.
"Eight-Foot Jeweled Magatama (Yasakani no Magatama)."
The first attack was a killing move.
Kizaru had been made tense by the two Senju brothers. He met a mysterious Logia-type young man here again. Since the other party had already offended him, he would directly eliminate him to prevent future problems.
"Aum—"
Suddenly, the black cat lying beside the young man suddenly opened its mouth. Suction power emerged, and it actually swallowed all those golden light bullets into its stomach.
At the same time, it leaped, directly jumping onto the young man's shoulder. With a crisp sound, the Ame no Murakumo coated with Busoshoku Haki was directly bitten off, transforming into specks of golden light and disappearing.
"???"
Kizaru's eyes almost jumped out.
What happened?
He showed an expression of disbelief.
A cat bit off the weapon he was proud of?
This didn't make sense!
Suddenly, his face changed drastically.
He seemed to remember something. His body suddenly transformed into specks of starlight and floated into the distance, gathering back together at a height of tens of meters, maintaining distance from this person and cat.
"This... Could it be... that person!"
Kizaru's head was now filled with cold sweat, and his heart pounded wildly.
He now remembered one thing.
On the Golden List, the existence occupying second place appeared to be a black cat. Its appearance couldn't be said to be exactly the same as the one before him, but was clearly very similar!
"Then, this kid... Could he be the mysterious existence occupying first place!"
Kizaru was very shocked.
He carefully observed this young man who was still fishing, wanting to see the other party's face clearly.
But the other party only glanced at him at the beginning, and then continued with his back turned, not taking him seriously at all, not even moving.
Soon, Kizaru became confused again.
"What does his face look like?"
Kizaru, who had always been very confident in his memory, was shocked to discover that he couldn't remember what this young man's face looked like.
Kizaru felt like crying without tears. Was this what's called just escaping from the wolf's den only to enter the tiger's mouth?
Fortunately, the person before him didn't seem interested in him.
He should quickly escape before the other party got angry.
Kizaru thought about leaving.
But the young man not caring didn't mean the black cat didn't care.
The black cat suddenly spread a pair of silvery-white wings behind it. It showed a strange human-like smile toward Kizaru in the air. Its wings flapped lightly, and invisible spatial blades shot toward Kizaru.
The danger alarm in Kizaru's heart rose sharply. Although he couldn't see it, he already sensed the arrival of the god of death.
He wanted to dodge, but that spatial blade was too fast, and it was accompanied by extremely strong pressure, binding him firmly in place.
"No—"
Kizaru let out an unwilling roar in his throat.
At this moment, he truly exploded. Kenbunshoku Haki and Busoshoku Haki were activated to the extreme. The surface of his body was faintly surrounded by light like Ryūō (Advanced Haki Coating).
At the moment of crisis, his body moved slightly sideways within a very small distance.
This very small distance saved his life.
The natural element transformation ability that had always worked couldn't be used, and was completely restricted.
The spatial blade originally aimed at Kizaru's head cut through his body without hindrance. His entire left arm detached from his body and fell into the sea.
"Run!"
Kizaru didn't even have time to retrieve his fallen arm. He fled rapidly into the distance without looking back.
"Meow..."
The black cat seemed very dissatisfied because he failed to kill Kizaru.
Because he disturbed his sleep, he must pay the price.
Just as it was about to flap its wings to chase, a faint voice came from behind: "Kuro, don't chase. Since he's lucky, let him live."
Kaiser turned and looked at Kizaru who had already fled far away, patting Kuro's head.
"We must maintain a low profile. Isn't it a bit excessive if you directly want to kill an Admiral? How can I keep a low profile in the future?"
Kuro snorted dissatisfied, then jumped from Kaiser's shoulder and lay down again.
Kaiser smiled: "An Admiral so embarrassed. He came from the west. It seems he suffered great losses. Quite interesting. The world's conflicts have already begun. This Golden List truly harbors no good intentions. We must strive to rarely move. Although I'm not afraid of it, attracting its attention is also useless."
After thinking for a moment, Kaiser said: "I forgot to hide the heavenly secrets for you before, which caused information about you to leak a bit. Your black fur is quite conspicuous. How about changing it?"
Kuro's eyes widened, he suddenly leaped away, and shook his head vigorously.
"I was just joking, don't overreact!" Kaiser laughed: "Can we negotiate?"
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At this moment, Kizaru flew rapidly through the air, his heart filled with a sense of oppression.
He, a dignified Marine Headquarters Admiral, was in such an embarrassing condition.
First, he went to the Ninja Continent to recruit two people but was abandoned, and now he met a hidden fighter who cut off his hand. He almost cried.
Suddenly, his heart pounded violently, and he instinctively raised his head to look at the sky.
Visible on the Golden List in the sky, an eye slowly opened.
Golden List Live Broadcast, started!
This Golden List Live Broadcast didn't always light up, but had time limitations. Each time it was activated, at most one hour. During this period, everyone could communicate without hindrance regardless of distance, which also aimed for them to obtain information from each other.
But this also depended on each person's ability. After all, everyone was an old fox. How much they could get from the opponent's mouth depended on each person's ability.
They also had to judge for themselves which was truth and which was lies.
At this moment, in the Live Broadcast Space.
[Kizaru: "Fleet Admiral, there's a major problem. Akainu and Aokiji have been captured. I met the first and second place on the Golden List midway, and managed to escape with luck, with my arm cut off!"]